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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 90

  1. Michael Ward 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Vanessa Kingori 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Sir Alex Younger 2022-2026 Director View profile
  4. Sir Simon Christopher Townsend Robey 2021-2022 Director View profile
  5. Christopher Peter Townsend 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Indhu Rubasingham 2020-2024 Director View profile
  7. David Peter John Ross 2020-2021 Director View profile
  8. Andrew Hamish Forsyth 2017-2018 Director View profile
  9. Roger William Wright 2017-2022 Director View profile
  10. Susan Linda Hoyle 2017-2025 Director View profile
  11. Kirstine Ann Cooper 2016-2024 Director View profile
  12. Paul Dring Morrell 2016-2024 Director View profile
  13. Dame Vivien Louise Duffield 2014-2022 Director View profile
  14. Samuel Maurice Cossart Walsh 2014-2016 Director View profile
  15. Mr Daniel Charles Wyler 2014-2024 Director View profile
  16. Dr Dr Munira Mirza 2014-2019 Director View profile
  17. John Kingman 2014-2021 Director View profile
  18. Dr Genevieve Rachel Davies 2013-2021 Director View profile
  19. Julian Metherell 2013-2022 Director View profile
  20. Laura Katharine Wade-Gery 2012-2021 Director View profile
  21. Lord Peter Andrew Cruddas 2012-2016 Director View profile
  22. Ian Roper Taylor 2012-2019 Director View profile
  23. Lady Suzanne Elizabeth Heywood 2012-2022 Director View profile
  24. Roland Dacre Rudd 2011-2017 Director View profile
  25. Baroness Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone 2009-2014 Director View profile
  26. Robert Francis Wallace 2009-2013 Director View profile
  27. Dame Heather Victoria Rabbatts 2009-2017 Director View profile
  28. Sir Anthony Michael Vaughan Salz 2008-2016 Director View profile
  29. Dame Susan Ruth Street 2007-2015 Director View profile
  30. Sir Sir David Cecil Clementi 2006-2014 Director View profile
  31. Peggy Scott Czyzak-Dannenbaum 2006-2010 Director View profile
  32. Nicholas Edward Tucker Prettejohn 2005-2013 Director View profile
  33. Dame Judith Charles Mayhew Jonas 2003-2008 Director View profile
  34. Lady Sainsbury 2002-2007 Director View profile
  35. Judith Weir 2002-2011 Director View profile
  36. Bonnie Greer 2002-2006 Director View profile
  37. Sir Frank Budge Lowe 2002-2010 Director View profile
  38. Sir Simon Manwaring Robertson 2002-2012 Director View profile
  39. Marco Compagnoni 2002-2007 Director View profile
  40. Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp 2002-2010 Director View profile
  41. Professor Margaret Maden 2002-2011 Director View profile
  42. Thomas Gerard Lynch 2001-2010 Director View profile
  43. Dame Gail Ronson 2001-2014 Director View profile
  44. Chichester, June Marjike, the Countess 2001-2014 Director View profile
  45. John Kevin Lomax 2001-2005 Director View profile
  46. Sir Peter John Davis 1999-2005 Director View profile
  47. Beryl Grey 1999-2002 Director View profile
  48. Ross Arthur Macgibbon 1999-2002 Director View profile
  49. Peter William Hemmings 1999-2002 Director View profile
  50. Thomas Boaz Allen 1999-2002 Director View profile
  51. Sir Stuart Anthony Lipton 1998-2006 Director View profile
  52. Sir Sir David Bryan Lees 1998-2008 Director View profile
  53. Lord John Leonard Eatwell 1998-2006 Director View profile
  54. Sir Colin Grieve Southgate 1998-2003 Director View profile
  55. Carolyn Newbigging 1997-2001 Director View profile
  56. Gummer, Peter Selwyn, the Rt Hon the Lord Chadlington 1996-1997 Director View profile
  57. Rudolf Gottfried Mueller 1996-1998 Director View profile
  58. Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley 1996-2002 Director View profile
  59. Colin Gray Nears 1995-1998 Director View profile
  60. Sir James Butler 1994-1998 Director View profile
  61. Christopher John Lowe 1993-1997 Director View profile
  62. Sir John Derek Birkin 1993-1997 Director View profile
  63. Lady Deborah Millicent Macmillan 1993-1994 Director View profile
  64. Andrew Marmaduke Lane Tuckey 1992-1995 Director View profile
  65. Lord Robert Gavron of Highgate 1992-1998 Director View profile
  66. Sir David Arnold Stuart Plastow 1992-1993 Director View profile
  67. Jeremy Israel Isaacs 1997 Director View profile
  68. Sir Christopher John Benson 1992 Director View profile
  69. Christopher Mcmahon 1997 Director View profile
  70. Sir Alex Sandor Alexander 1992 Director View profile
  71. Sir James Douglas Spooner 1997 Director View profile
  72. Lord Robert Temple Armstrong of Ilminster 1993 Director View profile
  73. Sir John Manduell 1995 Director View profile
  74. Sir John Denis Forman 1991 Director View profile
  75. Bamber Gascoigne 1995 Director View profile
  76. Lord John Davan Sainsbury 1991 Director View profile
  77. Sir Martin Wakefield Jacomb 1992 Director View profile
  78. Sir Angus Duncan Aeneas Stirling 1996 Director View profile
  79. Ivan Luke Daffern 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  80. Fiona Mary Noel Le Roy 2011-2018 Secretary View profile
  81. Richard Cawthra 2011-2011 Secretary View profile
  82. John Samuel Mortlock 2008-2011 Secretary View profile
  83. John Charles Seekings 2002-2008 Secretary View profile
  84. Lord Anthony William Hall 2001-2002 Secretary View profile
  85. Michael Kaiser 1998-2001 Secretary View profile
  86. Liam Anthony Wall 1998-1998 Secretary View profile
  87. Richard John Jeaffreson Hall 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  88. Lisa Burger 1996-1997 Secretary View profile
  89. Clive Timms 1993-1996 Secretary View profile
  90. Philip Charles Jones 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/04/1950
Also a registered charity
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

5 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

19 grants · £42,815,318 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

17 directors on the board

3.6y median 2.1y
average tenure
11.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (14)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 10Business services 8Tech and media 8Professional services 7Arts and leisure 4Property 4Education 3Hospitality 2

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00480523
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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